Harrison once again got the nod with the starting unit on Saturday afternoon and he knows those chances will continue to come.

“It’s very unfortunate what happened to (Holmes) but at the same time, it’s a great opportunity for me to get in and get the experience, especially in these preseason games,” the three-year starter at the University of Florida said.

“I’m thankful for the opportunity. I’m thankful for the experience, and I’m definitely going to capitalize on it as much as I can.”

When Harrison wasn’t taking reps as the first team center on Saturday, rookie Jack Mewhort slid into the middle of the line (Lance Louis then came in for Mewhort at left guard).

Mewhort was a high school center, but moved all over the line once he got to Ohio State due to Michael Brewster, a current Jacksonville Jaguar, occupying the middle.

The Colts second-round pick knows the fine-motor skills that are a must when he makes the transition to center.

“When you go over to center, you’re the guy making the calls, recognizing the defensive fronts, so you really have to be on your mental game because really everybody on the field is depending on you to make those calls,” Mewhort says.

Going forward it sounds like Harrison will receive the bulk of the center reps with Holmes sidelined.

“Jon had been getting 90–95 (of the snaps),” Pagano says of the breakdown at center.

“We needed to evaluate those guys at those two spots so if we needed to, if situations in a game called for one of those, we needed to see Jon at center.”

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